SOUL EATER - 22 September 1
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Summary:
With Chrona still bawling, Maka is reluctant to leave her alone until Ragnarok appears and starts bullying her. Chrona gets Ragnarok to stop by punching him, but this only causes Ragnarok to turn his bullying back on Chrona. Since Chrona is handling Ragnarok, Maka and Soul are content with going on ahead. Much further down the tunnel, Kid is close enough to the Kishin that he can now feel its soul wavelength, and it nearly overwhelms him at first. He’s okay though and explains to Liz and Patty how his father had sealed Ashura in a bag made of Ashura’s own skin. Shinigami-sama had extracted all of Ashura’s blood before doing that, so Ashura’s body is starved for blood. Shortly after this explanation, Patty suddenly senses a heat source coming at them, and Kid just barely manages to get out of the way of the blast. The person responsible is Free, and Kid is forced to face off against the werewolf. However, even his Death Cannon attack has no effect on Free, and to make matters worse, Kid finds himself unable to concentrate on the task at hand.
Fortunately, Black*Star catches up and literally knocks some sense into Kid. Black*Star quickly engages Free in close quarters combat, and while this is going on, Kid notices something strange: Free is trying to avoid Black*Star’s attacks whereas he didn’t make that effort moments ago. When Kid figures it out, he steps in between Black*Star and Free and proceeds to walk right through Free. Since the secret is out, Free reveals that this is a magic he’s using called Forwarding Vision which allows his image to be projected to a different place. The real Free is still with Eruka moving further down the tunnel towards the Kishin. Because of this, Black*Star and Kid continue their pursuit, but by this point, Eruka and Free have reached the shrine where the Kishin is being held. The inside of it creeps Eruka out, and she keeps thinking that there’s something moving behind her. It unnerves her, and when she turns around again, she finds Ashura in front of her. He rips off and consumes her face, and Free hears Eruka screaming behind him. When Free goes back to check on her, her face changes, and she drives her arm through Free’s chest before ripping the skin off Free’s neck and face.
Free and Eruka regain control of themselves a moment later and realize that it was all an illusion, but at the same time, Eruka had almost driven a nail through her own neck,and Free was in the process of cutting off his own head. This is the Kishin’s madness at work, and they’re very close to the bag holding Ashura.
Preview
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Well the Kid and Black*Star vs. Free fight was cool at first, but a bit of a letdown once they realized that Free wasn’t actually there. Heck, I don’t even consider it a real fight. I suspect though that we won’t get to see an actual fight between them because the Free and Eruka will likely succeed in awakening the Kishin, and that would give Kid and Black*Star bigger problems to deal with. Fortunately, the BONES team did a good job with the tension in the last segment of the episode and how creepy it was (especially with all the ripping off of faces). It’ll be interesting to see what kind of chaos the Kishin can create if he’s successfully awakened, and who’ll be able to stop him. Speaking of which, shouldn’t the hour limit be close to over by now? I think it’d be fun to see Shinigami-sama save the day, though given that the focus is on Maka, Black*Star, and Kid, I doubt that’ll end up happening. The preview, however, has no hints about what happens in that regard and shows mainly Stein and Medusa duking it out again.
Ninja297 at 5:46 pm on September 1st, 2008
1st!
Reni at 5:50 pm on September 1st, 2008
http://randomc.maximum7.net/image/SOUL%20EATER/SOUL%20EATER%20-%2022%20-%20Large%2018.jpg
The look on Black Star face when Kid went through Free: Priceless
Ninja297 at 5:52 pm on September 1st, 2008
@Omni
It’s almost September, when are you going to show the Fall - Winter 2008 anime shows?
stephh at 6:03 pm on September 1st, 2008
OH MAN THAT LOOKS AWESOME!
WAHAHAH!
Lulu FTW at 6:05 pm on September 1st, 2008
Very sweet.
Can’t wait till the subs.
nyan-nyan at 6:05 pm on September 1st, 2008
The last few moments of the episode seem pretty cool but really creepy. >.<
Afraid of subs now.
SPINweel at 6:29 pm on September 1st, 2008
Wooo. ElkaxFree ftw.
Arcilios at 7:29 pm on September 1st, 2008
omfg that stuff at the end … wow…. omgggggg
c_h_a_n at 7:32 pm on September 1st, 2008
craaazyyy ! that was epic when kid went through Free.
panaghoy88 at 8:36 pm on September 1st, 2008
The last part was gross but cool! What a horrible illusion to put in your mind. Being skinned alive is just insane.
Raz at 9:43 pm on September 1st, 2008
looks good
the burnt shadow at 10:52 pm on September 1st, 2008
Gawd, I hate the Kishin so much. He’such a freak…
BROOKLYN otaku at 11:55 pm on September 1st, 2008
kids face in dat dudes chest?? HAHAHAHAHA dat some weird shiat! wanna see bad. too bad the subber i trust “TA****I” started slowing down his releases, takes like 5 days. ohh well its still appreciated
BAKABAKASHI at 12:27 am on September 2nd, 2008
THIS YEAR BEST SHOW EVER, OVERTHROWING CODE GEASS…….
Celes at 1:15 am on September 2nd, 2008
I was hoping this would clear up whether Krona is a girl or not:
http://randomc.maximum7.net/image/SOUL%20EATER/SOUL%20EATER%20-%2022%20-%20Large%2005.jpg
Can’t wait for this episode to be subbed. After seeing the screenshot of Free almost cutting his neck off, I’m freaked out a bit. Thanks for the review.
Shinn Agami at 1:35 am on September 2nd, 2008
So Medusa and Stein’s fight is next. Just curious though Show Spoiler ▼
Kaitune at 2:11 am on September 2nd, 2008
Can’t wait to see the rest of Stein and Medusa’s fight! It is seriously one of my most favorite parts in the whole manga!
Bizarre™ at 2:42 am on September 2nd, 2008
@Ninja297
maybe you mean “already” Sepember?
Cherubium at 3:12 am on September 2nd, 2008
Free hasn’t changed his prison uniform this entire time?
match at 6:15 am on September 2nd, 2008
Alright I know why Eruka is trying to revive the Kishin, but why is Free participating as well. After the illusions, I think I’d rather die by Medusa’s snakes than by the Kishin. Free doesn’t seem all that evil and can’t he just live his life as a runaway convict?